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- 2016 Annual Report – REDIRECT TO ANNUAL REPORT PAGE
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- 2018 year-end grantmaking news release – February 14, 2019
- 2019 Annual Report – REDIRECT TO 2019 REPORT PAGE
- 2020 Annual Report – REDIRECT TO 2020 REPORT PAGE
- A collection of One Greater Minnesota stories by Naomi Goetz – redirect to TPT
- All Hands on Deck: Foundations start to “go big” in impact investing – redirect to Impact Alpha
- Amended counterclaim news release – May 14, 2020
- Application changes coming to OBT
- Art honoring former St. Paul Mayor Larry Cohen and immigrants to be unveiled downtown – redirect to Strib
- At heart of the Bremer dispute, a midcentury banker’s wishes and the demands of the digital age – redirect to Strib
- Beyond farmers markets: Helping small growers get fresh produce into grocery stores – redirect to MinnPost
- Bremer Bank faces another lawsuit over stock sales – redirect to F&C
- Bremer Bank may be sold, after controlling trust splits with management over its future – redirect to Strib
- Bremer Bank says it’s not for sale. Its biggest investor begs to differ. – redirect to Am Banker
- Bremer could draw large suitors – redirect to Fin&Com
- Bremer Financial Corp. could fetch $2+ billion in a sale – redirect to MSP Bus. Journal
- Bremer Financial’s majority owner says it may sell bank – redirect to MSP Bus. Journal
- Bremer fund to cushion nonprofits during outbreak – redirect to F&C
- Bremer trustees fire back at Ellison’s attempt to oust them
- Bremer trustees say they hold the power to sell Minnesota’s No. 4 bank – redirect to Strib
- CBFC Emergency Fund PSA
- CBFC Logo News Release – Nov 16, 2020
- Common questions about OBT’s upcoming new application process
- Common questions about OBT’s upcoming new application process – redirects to corrected news
- Coronavirus Update: Farmers Markets, Surgeries, and Rescue Flights – redirect to TC Business
- Court filing: Otter Bremer Trust says charity faces ‘existential crisis’ – redirect to MSP Bus Journal
- Court unseals suit against bank board for willfully obstructing sale – Jun 15, 2020
- Emergency Fund News Release – Oct 13, 2020
- Emergency funds news release – July 6, 2020
- Emergency funds news release – Mar 16, 2020
- Emergency grants help Minnesota’s strapped students stay in college – Redirect to StarTribune
- Evaluation Flash Cards
- Expansion News Release – Sept 17, 2019
- Foundations drill down into oral health – redirect to StarTribune
- Friends Against Abuse: Changing the world – redirect to Int’l Falls Journal
- Fundraising complete for Judge Larry Cohen memorial plaza in downtown St. Paul – redirect to Pioneer Press
- Grantmaking News Release – Dec. 5, 2017
- Grantmaking News Release – December 13, 2018
- Grantmaking News Release – January 1, 2017
- Grantmaking News Release – July 11, 2019
- Grantmaking News Release – July 5, 2017
- Grantmaking News Release – June 10, 2016
- Grantmaking News Release – June 19, 2018
- Grantmaking News Release – Mar. 26, 2018
- Grantmaking News Release – March 10, 2016
- Grantmaking News Release – March 28, 2019
- Grantmaking News Release – March 9, 2017
- Grantmaking News Release – Nov 20, 2019
- Grantmaking News Release – November 22, 2016
- Grantmaking News Release – Oct. 3, 2017
- Grantmaking News Release – September 13, 2018
- Grantmaking News Release – September 25, 2019
- Grantmaking News Release – September 8, 2016
- Grantmaking News Release Aug – Aug 26 2020
- Grantmaking News Release Feb – Aug 21, 2020
- Grantmaking News Release Feb – Mar 23 2021
- Grantmaking News Release Jul – Sep 2021
- Grantmaking News Release May – June 30 2021
- Grantmaking News Release May-Jun – Aug 21, 2020
- Grantmaking News Release Nov – Dec 2 2020
- Greater Minnesota cities struggle to sustain their oldest homes — but loans and education are helping – redirection to MinnPost
- Groups hope $25M fund will preserve lower-priced rentals in Twin Cities- Redirect to StarTribune
- How 25 Big Grant Makers Are Responding to the Covid Crisis – redirect to Chron
- How to launch a collaborative impact investing fund – redirect to MCF
- Immigrants reshape Worthington – redirect to TPT
- In battle over Bremer, new claim that 1980s memos show bank execs recognized power of trustees – redirect to Strib
- Invest in where you know: Impact investors rediscover the power of ‘place’ – redirect to Impact Alpha
- Investing in the future – redirect to iFalls Journal
- Judge sets deadlines on Bremer suits; AG’s probe to go on – redirect to Star Tribune
- Local jobs, local funders: What a regional workforce group is up to – Redirect to Inside Philanthropy
- Low-income Minnesota families struggle to get dental care – redirect to MPR
- Meda makes first minority business loans from Bremer fund – redirect to StarTribune
- Minnesota nonprofits put a new focus on issues of race – redirect to Strib
- Minnesota nonprofits, foundations scramble to respond to COVID-19 outbreak – redirect to Strib
- Minnesota Public Radio awarded $250,000 by OBT to enhance cultural fluency and broaden community engagement – redirect to MPR
- MinnPost kicks off Greater Minnesota reporting initiative – redirect to MinnPost
- Multiple ideas for civic improvement – Redirect to Fergus Falls Journal
- Muslim doctor finds purpose and pushback in rural town – redirect to TPT
- No simple solutions to child care shortage – redirect to Rochester Post Bulletin
- OBT Good Lives Here
- OBT supports Smithsonian’s The Bias Inside Us exhibit at the SMM
- One thousand (and more) GEDs, for the good of all – redirect to PPress
- Otto Bremer History
- Otto Bremer Trust and Bremer Bank: What’s the relationship?
- Otto Bremer Trust Announces $50 Million Fund for COVID-19 Relief – redirect to PND
- Otto Bremer Trust claims 1980s document proves it can sell Bremer Bank – redirect to MSP Biz Journal
- Otto Bremer Trust creates $50M emergency fund for organizations facing pandemic – redirect to MSP Biz Journal
- Otto Bremer Trust establishes $50 million emergency fund for nonprofits – redirect to FOX9
- Otto Bremer Trust invests $1M to launch University of Minnesota mobile healthcare initiative – redirect to U of M
- Otto Bremer Trust responds to Bremer lawsuit with counterclaims – redirect to Pioneer Press
- Otto Bremer Trust seeks judgment in bank case – redirect to Fin&Com
- Otto Bremer Trust to partner with community development corporations for pandemic relief – redirect to PPress
- Otto Bremer Trust trustees strike back against Attorney General Keith Ellison’s claims – redirect to MSP Bus Journal
- PACER to Honor ‘The Most Positive Guy In The World’ – redirection to WCCO
- Philanthropy’s new focus in Minnesota: Putting people into jobs – Redirect to StarTribune
- Plaza in St. Paul to honor Larry Cohen, former judge and politician – redirect to StarTribune
- Program gives students who age out of high school a path to a diploma, work – redirect to SC Times
- Ramsey County judge will hear Minnesota Attorney General’s petition to remove Bremer trustees – redirect to PPress
- Roth, Pratt: Philanthropy in a pandemic
- Sanneh Foundation receives $450,000 from Otto Bremer Trust – redirect to PPress
- Small town, big wheels: How mountain biking saved a Minnesota mining town – redirect to MinnPost
- Smithsonian announces $1 million gift from the Otto Bremer Trust to support community engagement project on implicit bias – redirect to Smithsonian
- Social service groups ‘in high gear,’ prepping for increased need; asking for healthy volunteers, financial help – redirect to PPress
- Special Announcement News Release – Oct 28, 2019
- St. Paul police debut truck armed with ice cream, video games, bike helmets – redirect to PPress
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust dated August 12, 2020
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust dated February 22, 2021
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust dated Jan. 13, 2020
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust dated Jan. 8, 2020
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust dated Nov. 19, 2019
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust on George Floyd
- Statement from the Otto Bremer Trust on its motion for judgment filed May 1, 2020
- The future of Greater Minnesota’s economy is already here — and it looks a lot like Montevideo – redirect to MinnPost
- The Sheridan Story partners with Otto Bremer Trust to provide meals to hundreds of thousands of food insecure children during Coronavirus pandemic
- This scholarship program gives students more than money – redirect to PBS NewHour
- Trustees file answer and objections to petition for interim relief
- Trustees file Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Petition for Interim Relief
- Twin Cities GED campaign is worthy effort to address disparities – redirect to Star Tribune
- Twin Cities PBS receives Otto Bremer Trust grant to cover issues in Greater Minnesota – redirect to TPT
- U of M’s new Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain – redirect to U
- U.S. Grant Makers Step Up for Global Covid-19 Efforts (Grants Roundup) – redirect to Chronicle
- Voting rights are a central issue in dispute over Bremer sale – redirect to Strib
- What is a hybrid return?
- Winona Housing Task Force recommends development tools to go to City Council – redirect to Winona Daily News
- With $1.1 billion in assets, the St. Paul-based Otto Bremer Trust is expanding to Montana and eastern Wisconsin – redirect to Strib
- Year-end news release – 2017
- Year-End News Release 2019 – Feb 12, 2020
- Year-End News Release 2020 – Feb 8, 2021